< Judges 21 >

1 Now the men of Israel had sworn in Mizpeh, saying, There shall not any of us give his daughter to Benjamin for a wife.
Ie amy zao, fa nifanta e Mitspà añe o lahilahy ana’ Israeleo ami’ty hoe: Leo raik’ amantika tsy hanolotse ty anak’ ampela’e amy Beniamine ho vali’e.
2 And the people came to the house of God, and abode there till evening before God, and lifted up their voices, and wept bitterly;
Aa le nomb’e Betele mb’eo ondatio naho niambesatse añatrefan’ Añahare ampara’ te hariva vaho nampipoña-peo nangololoike ty rovetse
3 And said, O LORD God of Israel, why is this come to pass in Israel, that there should be to-day one tribe lacking in Israel?
ami’ty hoe: Ry Iehovà, Andria­nañahare’ Israele, Akore te nitendreke e Isra­ele ao t’ie ho po-pifokoañe raike t’Israele te anito?
4 And it came to pass on the morrow, that the people rose early, and built there an altar, and offered burnt-offerings, and peace-offerings.
Ie amy loak’ àndroy, nañaleñaleñe ondatio, le nandranjy kitrely vaho nañenga soroñe naho engam-panintsiñañe.
5 And the children of Israel said, Who [is there] among all the tribes of Israel that came not up with the congregation to the LORD? For they had made a great oath concerning him that came not up to the LORD to Mizpeh, saying, He shall surely be put to death.
Le hoe ty enta’ o ana’ Israeleo: Ia amo hene fifokoa’ Israeleo hao ty tsy nimb’ amy fivori’ Iehovày mb’eo? Amy t’ie nititike do’e te ze tsy nionjoñe mb’ am-pivori-bei’ Iehovà e Mitspà ao ro havetrake.
6 And the children of Israel repented for Benjamin their brother, and said, There is one tribe cut off from Israel this day.
Aa ie naneñeñe i Beniamine rahalahi’ iareo o ana’ Israeleo le nanao ty hoe: Nifañito amy Israele ty fifokoañe raik’ anindroany.
7 How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing we have sworn by the LORD, that we will not give them of our daughters for wives?
Hatao akore ty hampanambalieñe o sisao, kanao nititik’ amy Iehovà tika te tsy hitolo­rañe o anak’ ampelan-tikañeo?
8 And they said, What one [is there] of the tribes of Israel that came not up to Mizpeh to the LORD? and behold, there came none to the camp from Jabesh-gilead to the assembly.
Le hoe iereo: Ia amo fifokoa’ Israeleo ty tsy nimb’ amy Iehovà e Mitspà mb’eo? Toe tsy an-tobe’ Iabese-Gilade ao ty nimb’ am-pivoriy mb’eo.
9 For the people were numbered, and behold, [there were] none of the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead there.
Amy te ie vinolily ondatio, inao, leo raik’ amo mpimone’ Iabese-Gilade tsy nizoeñe.
10 And the congregation sent thither twelve thousand men of the most valiant, and commanded them, saying, Go and smite the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead with the edge of the sword, with the women and the children.
Aa le nampihitrife’ i valobohòkey mb’eo ty rai-ale-tsi-ro’arivo amo fanalolahio vaho nafantok’ ama’e ty hoe: Akia, zamano an-dela-pibara o mpimone’ Iabese-Giladeo rekets’ o ampelao naho o ajajao.
11 And this [is] the thing that ye shall do, Ye shall utterly destroy every male, and every woman that hath lain by man.
Le zao ty hanoe’ areo: ho mongore’ areo ze lahilahy naho ze rakemba fa nifandia-tihy ama’ ondaty.
12 And they found among the inhabitants of Jabesh-gilead four hundred young virgins that had known no man by lying with any male: and they brought them to the camp to Shiloh, which [is] in the land of Canaan.
Tendreke iareo amy zao amo mpi­mone’ Iabese-Giladeo ty somondrara efa-jato, tsy nahafohiñe ondaty, mboe tsy niolots’ aman-dahilahy, le nendese’ iareo mb’ an-tobe e Silò, an-tane Khanàne añe.
13 And the whole congregation sent [some] to speak to the children of Benjamin that [were] in the rock Rimmon, and to call peaceably to them.
Le nirahe’ i fivoribey iabiy, ty hisaontsy amo ana’ i Beniamine am-bato Rimoneo, hikoike iareo an-kanintsiñe.
14 And Benjamin came again at that time; and they gave them wives which they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh-gilead: and yet so they sufficed them not.
Aa le nimpoly t’i Beniamine henane zay, vaho natolots’ iareo o somondrara’ Iabese-Gilade nirombahe’ iereo veloñeo; f’ie tsy nahaeneke.
15 And the people repented for Benjamin, because the LORD had made a breach in the tribes of Israel.
Aa le nisolohoa’ ondatio t’i Beniamine amy jebañe nanoe’ Iehovà amo fifokoa’Israeleo.
16 Then the elders of the congregation said, How shall we do for wives for them that remain, seeing the women are destroyed out of Benjamin?
Le hoe o talè’ i valobohòkeio: Hanoen-tika ino ka ty hanambalia’ o sisao kanao nimongoreñe amy Beniamine ze atao ampela?
17 And they said, [There must be] an inheritance for them that have escaped of Benjamin, that a tribe be not destroyed out of Israel.
Le hoe iareo: Tsy mete tsy ho lova’ i Beniamine o nahapolititseo, tsy mone ho mongotse am’ Israele ty fifokoañe raike.
18 But, we may not give them wives of our daughters: for the children of Israel have sworn, saying, Cursed [be] he that giveth a wife to Benjamin.
Ie amy zao, tsy mete manolotse o anak’ ampelan-tikañeo ho vali’ iareo tika, amy titike nifantà’ o ana’ Israeleoy ami’ ty hoe: Fatse ty manolotse valy amy Beniamine.
19 Then they said, Behold, [there is] a feast of the LORD in Shiloh yearly [in a place] which [is] on the north side of Beth-el, on the east side of the highway that goeth up from Beth-el to Shechem, and on the south of Lebonah.
Le nitsaraeñe ty hoe: Inao! e Silò avara’ i Betele naho atiñanan-damoke miboak’ e Betele mb’e Sekeme mb’eo, vaho mañatimo i Lebo­nà mb’eo ty sabadidak’ amy Iehovà boa-taoñe.
20 Therefore they commanded the children of Benjamin, saying, Go, and lie in wait in the vineyards;
Aa le nafanto’ iareo amo ana’ i Beniamineo ty hoe: Akia mietaha an-tanem-bahe ao;
21 And see, and behold, if the daughters of Shiloh come out to dance in dances, then come ye out of the vineyards, and catch you every man his wife of the daughters of Shiloh, and go to the land of Benjamin.
le mandrendreha naho miakatse mb’ eo o anak’ ampela’ i Silòo hitsinjak’ an-tsikidola, le miavota amo tanem-baheo songa hitsepake ty ho tañan­jomba’e boak’ amo anak’ ampela’ i Silóo, vaho akia mb’ an-tane Beniamine añe.
22 And it shall be, when their fathers or their brethren come to us to complain, that we will say to them, Be favorable to them for our sakes: because we reserved not to each man his wife in the war: for ye did not give to them at this time, [that] ye should be guilty.
Ie amy zao, naho mb’ atoy o roae’eo ndra o rahalahi’eo hitoreo ama’ay, le hanoe’ay ty hoe, Iferenaiño, amy te tsy nañeneke o ampela rinambe’ay amy hotakotakeio songa hahazoa’ iareo valy; mbore tsy ho tinolo’ areo ka tsy mone ho nanan-kakeo henaneo.
23 And the children of Benjamin did so, and took [them] wives, according to their number, of them that danced, whom they caught: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and repaired the cities and dwelt in them.
Aa le nanoe’ o ana’ i Beniamineo, nangala-baly nahaeneñe ty ia’ iareo amo nitsinjakeo; le nienga naho nimpoly mb’an-dova’ iareo añe naho namboatse rova vaho nimoneñe ao.
24 And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went from thence every man to his inheritance.
Aa le nienga boak’ ao amy zao o ana’Israeleo songa mb’ampifokoa’e mb’eo naho mb’ amo keleia’eo; sindre niavotse hirik’ ao namonje ty lova’e.
25 In those days [there was] no king in Israel: every man did [that which was] right in his own eyes.
Ie tañ’andro izay tsy amam-panjaka t’Israele; songa nanao ze natao’e ho mahity am-pihaino’e ao.

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